With 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Japan is ideal for those who like to explore the historical and environmental aspects of ...

Assassin's Creed Shadows has been relentlessly compared to Ghost of Tsushima, but how does each depiction of feudal Japan ...

In the fall of 2020, the town of Tsushima’s Watazumi Shrine was damaged by a typhoon that struck the area, destroying one of its torii gates that rises out of the bay waters adjacent to the shrine. In ...

In a nation as culturally rich as Japan, it can be hard to know how to spend your time there. Here are ten of our favorite ...

Japan is an alluring destination because of its many juxtapositions. Neon skyscrapers tower over Shinto shrines, and salarymen ride the train next to Harajuku girls. The Land of the Rising Sun ...

Historically, public bathing was a fundamental necessity for hygiene, giving rise to communal bathhouses in regions where private bathrooms were a rarity. In Japan, for instance, sento bathhouses ...

Brutalist architecture, known for its raw concrete, geometric forms and imposing presence, has gained a renewed interest in the modern age of social media and more recently through the film The ...

A rumor that users shared online in March 2025 claimed that officials in St. Louis planned to relocate the city's famous Gateway Arch to Branson, a tourist destination town also located in Missouri.

Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning will take over the starting job with a ton of hype around him, possibly more than any other quarterback in college football history. It's undeniable that ...

In honor of ConstantineThe largest—and last—surviving triumphal arch built in Rome during antiquity, the Arch of Constantine was erected by order of Emperor Constantine from A.D. 312 to 315 ...

The Grabowksi/Kline study, referred to in a previous article in this series, revealed a fatal flaw in the architecture of the online encyclopedia. Grabowski and Kline examined 25 public-facing ...

Through his architecture, respite and openness find space within dense urban environments, inviting diverse users to partake in the spectacle of everyday life. Attention to cultural, historical ...